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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 02:15 AM
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Hey New Guy here.Whut ya think?

Hey i am new here to this post, Well just wanted to show ya a couple pics of my 1980 rx7 and to see what ya think about it. Well the car haves a bridged ported 12a with all racing beat internals,3mm apex seal, holley 650cmf carb with a racing beat intake manifold, 4 puck racing beat clucth,heavy duty act preassure plate.lighten flywheel,gsl-se tranny,motegi 15" rt5 wheels with yokohama avs 205/50/15 tires. 4pt rollbar,2 red racing seats.all autometer guages,more mods etc.. I hope ya like it
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 02:22 AM
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welcome, and very nice car! how long have you owned it? did you do it all yourself or buy it that way?
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 02:33 AM
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are you sure that's an '80? the remaining body cladding looks like s2 or s3 style.
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 02:40 AM
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Ive had it for 3 years and i bought the car completly stock.I got over 6g's in it so far. Ohh and yes i am sure is a 80, i got pics of the back end also to prove it. I forgot to mention the car got s2 bumpers.
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 03:05 AM
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Smile Cop magnet!

Way cool car dude,
looks like a high speed, low drag bright red cop magnet!

engine appears pretty good to go also, welcome to the forum.
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 07:00 AM
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Whao-Ho, Check out the "New Guy"!

-Sure don't look like no "new guy"!
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 08:17 AM
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Where are the Pics?
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 09:41 AM
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lol hell yeah is a cop magnet. 1st time i took out to a hangout spot in newyorkduring the summer a cop pulled me over and gave 4 damn tickest worth $585 lol. Any of ya drifters in here?
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 10:09 AM
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wow nice car...any pix of the engine and interior? i see NY plates but your location says Orlando...did you move?
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 01:24 PM
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very nice...i thought u were a member of the 7club though, guess not lol
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 02:40 PM
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thats a damn nice 7 you got there, you should try and find some matching skirts for the doors to finish off that nice bodykit
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 03:07 PM
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What did you do to get the Motegis to fit? adapters? Re drill?
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 11:21 PM
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well i used to live in Rochester New York and i move to Orlando like 3 months ago. The car already got side skirts.Damn i used to have pics of the interior but lost them while moving down here to orlando. I got the motegis to fit cause i put gsl-se front shocks and brake kit so they could fit. In the back they just fited perfectly lol
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 11:36 PM
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[IMG][/IMG] this is the closest pic i got to the interior lol not dat good
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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 12:57 AM
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That's the SA rear, all right....I don't know about the "Pontiac" side cladding but really nice, otherwise...
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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 02:08 AM
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Originally Posted by cpt_gloval
are you sure that's an '80? the remaining body cladding looks like s2 or s3 style.
haha yeh, i was gunna say, HUGE difference between that an the 79
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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 02:08 AM
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may i ask where you got that body kit? and for how much? i love how it looks like the fc
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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 02:09 AM
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lol hell yeah is a cop magnet. 1st time i took out to a hangout spot in newyorkduring the summer a cop pulled me over and gave 4 damn tickest worth $585 lol. Any of ya drifters in here?
heh.. yeh i used to drift a durango RT until one fateful night =/

but yeh, now im onto the rx7
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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 02:11 AM
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and my lord, you wouldnt believe how beautifully a durango RT could drift, seriously, WOW.
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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 03:25 AM
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Beautiful red 7. And you're very welcome to the club. Your 7 = Approved
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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 10:48 AM
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That's a phat lookin 7 buah. That must of been some lengths of time and some heavy mula to get a beauty like that.
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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 11:26 AM
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Nice car! I'm in Winter Garden/Oakland.
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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 07:10 PM
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Thanks for all the complements lol im really happy that my car was approved. Ohh and abought the body kit . is a erubuni kit ,I got it from a guy that was trashing his 7 for 3bills. so i dont know how much is the retail on it. OHh and oops whut happend it that fatefull night?lol
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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 07:42 PM
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3mm seals are stock on 12As, so listing them as a mod is kinda silly IMO, but nice car anyway

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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 10:46 PM
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And what pray tell, became of the parts car sitting over beside the garage?
Great looking car!
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